Lots of problems here: 1. Off-hand in front — asking to get it lopped off 2. Moves body before arms on attack 3. Brings hands back before thrust — huge opposing tempo 4. Lacks extension on thrust 5. Jabs with thrust instead of thrusting through opponent Most beginners I teach fix these quickly

-- Marcus Aurelius -- JOHN MADDEN

after watching The Pitt and now the first two episodes of Pluribus I am ready to declare that Real-Ass TV Shows are back, baby, they're good again. Awoouu (wolf Howl)

Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.

If Mass Effect 3 had ended with “congratulations Shepard for defeating the Reapers, here are a slideshow of how your choices affected things, stay tuned for ME4!” instead of what we got, then we’d be on Mass Effect 8 and Season 3 of a moderately received TV show by now

CHOTINER: you fence Italian-style? ME: that's right Isaac C: but you can't speak Italian ME: now wait, hold on. I can speak *some* Italian C: interesting. Could you describe a stramazzone? ME: uh, I'd have to consult my translation of Fiore C: That’s not in Fiore ME: can we start over?

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

Disco Elysium out here originating Gen Z slang without anyone noticing

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world. By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

If you’re in Boston, come to my club and learn how to fence!

In which I own myself (my hand is fine, the only pain was having an open line to my opponent’s chest and turning it into a point against) #hema #longsword

Realizing that I posted these Deadwood shitposts about 15k followers ago so a repost can’t hurt

the Warrior trilogy alone would be great, but I think the real move is to follow a mercenary company, one contract per season. they get the contract, have some cool robot fights, deal with corrupt nobles, then jet to the next one.

dudes rock

I love fourth down play calls that involve throwing the ball short of the first down marker. They always work!!!

So rare that I get my guy Declan with a thrust. I really had to work to set this one up. #longsword #hema

a few beloved champions, a few guys who either didn't work out or worked out elsewhere, and Carl Everett

not on the album at all but that little "THY WILL BE DONE" in the chorus rules

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

My guy J.J. went extremely deep on this absurd topic and wrote one hell of a story #hoosiers #indiana

Congratulations to Vlad Sr. on making the Hall of Fame and also returning safely from the Donbas

truly my suffering is an unbearable burden

my favorite long-lost YouTuber MrBTongue came up today and I just had to repost this incredible essay

My favorite Doctor and Companion

legit incredible that the prediction/pattern machine cannot figure out what the most likely letter between “John” and “Kennedy” should be

We don't, but only because the King of Pop hasn't dropped one yet.

unbelievably disheartening

Ten great Mass Effect games

Craig Breslow subtweet???

Finally doing some sword and buckler and it’s kind of vicious! #hema #swordandbuckler

When I won gold at a longsword tournament 😌 youtu.be/b_HYgjWPpCI?...

My door is always open if you want to stop by and fix my door

I'm trying to remember the last time I got a call from an unknown number that surprised and delighted me and it's like ... fifteen years? I don't even answer if they're not in my contacts. What am I missing out on?

*very quietly* I think this Red Sox team might be good

Emma got me real good here

Anthony was incredibly unlucky in his first couple weeks — hitting balls hard but right at people. That’s starting to normalize and he’s becoming a legitimately scary top of the order hitter

I read this and now I swing a sword around nine hours a week

I do so love this combo #hema #longsword

Fortunato (coughing): You’re certain the Criterion Closet is down here Montresor (picking up a trowel): Definitely. Have you thought about your picks yet

imagine being a generational talent in two wildly disparate fields

did they even have news in the 1960s?? what were these people talking about. "oh theyre making a new smothers brother" Shut the fuck up man

When you’re trying to practice but an Elden Ring boss fight is happening in the background #hema #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #sword #swords #knight #boston #massachusetts #fencing #montante #greatsword #zweihänder #eldenring #darksouls

the daily ranking of music videos on MTV's Total Request Live was a matter of life or death. Kids legitimately cared about Korn dethroning the Backstreet Boys for the top spot

folks is it spiritually enriching to get lyme disease?

utterly loathsome. those poor men

Fire me into space along the most likely vector for an alien invasion fleet

Watching Godfather II with my wife (her first time) and the customs agent who processes young Vito is an idiot. Gives him a new name (Corleone) which is just as long as his old one (Andolini) and more difficult to pronounce. Real poor work by that dude

Come to my club and learn how to fight with swords!